Background Pediatric Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a rare disorder that is often diagnosed late due to the lack of validated diagnostic criteria and validated biomarkers. The pathogenesis is largely ...
Background: The current “treat-to-target (T2T)” strategic concept has been applied to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), stating “lupus maintenance treatment should aim for the lowest glucocorticoid ...
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used to detect inflammation in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Objectives: To detect differentially the presence ...
1 Paris University, Necker Pasteur Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, IHU Imagine, Necker Enfants malades University Hospital, APHP, Paris, France 2 Institut Pasteur, National ...
Objectives Recent studies indicate that glucose metabolism is altered in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS). Hexokinases (HKs) catalyse the first step in glucose metabolism, ...
Correspondence to Dr Emilio Filippucci, Rheumatology Unit, Polytechnic University of Marche - Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, 60035 Jesi, Ancona, Italy; ...
Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...
1 Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città Della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Rheumatology Unit, Turin, Italy 2 Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma, Department of Medicine, Internal ...
Background Filgotinib is an oral, selective Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor combining a favorable safety profile and clinical efficacy in patients after 4 weeks of dosing with rheumatoid arthritis (RA ...
Background Type I interferon (IFN-I) is strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and “interferonopathies” such as Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome (AGS). A recently ...